Kara Walker Seeing The Unspeakable

Author: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

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Price : $49.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780822333968
Publisher : Duke University Press
Imprint : Duke University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.318
Publication date : 01 February 2005
Dimensions : 228mm X 152mm X 13mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
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Dewey classification : 709.2
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Pages : 192
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Illustrations : 45 illustrations (incl. 11 in colour)
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Description

Offers consideration of the controversial art of Kara Walker. This title offers an overview of Walker's life and career, and contextualizes her art within the history of African American visual culture and in relation to the work of contemporary artists including Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, and Michael Ray Charles.

Reviews

"An extremely important work...places this controversial young artist's work firmly in an art historical perspective...an extraordinary piece of scholarship." Judith Wilson, University of California, Irvine

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